CPA Newsletters

March 2025

In This Edition

• Corporate Political Spending: The Uncovered Story in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Race
• Founder’s Column: The Model Code Helps Companies Heed Growing Consumer Warning
• CPA Report Spotlights Crypto Company Political Spending, Gets Wide Pickup
• CPA Alert: State Races We’re Watching

February 2025

In This Edition

• CPA’s Banner Speaking Week Before European Executives, Advocacy Groups and at UPenn Law School
• Guest Column: In Today’s Challenging Environment, the Case for Political Spending Giving Transparency and Accountability
• CPA’s Karl Sandstrom on 15th Anniversary of Citizens United
• CPA in the News
• The Barbara and Morris Pearl 527 Interactive Database
• CPA Updates
• Forthcoming CPA LinkedIn Videos
• SEC Actions: Retreats on Climate and Crypto
• Trump Pauses Foreign Bribery Ban; US Political Spending Fallout

January 2025

In This Edition

• Foreign Press Cites CPA on Corporate Contributions to Trump Inaugural
• Founder’s Column: Reminder As Proxy Season Opens: Shareholders Want Companies to Disclose, Follow a Code of Conduct for Political Spendings
• CPA, Board Member Larry Zicklin Featured at 3rd Annual Wharton ESG Initiative
• More Important Than Ever: The Fulcrum Flags CPA’s 527 Interactive Database
• FirstEnergy Update: Former Top Executives Indicted

December 2024

In This Edition

• Financial Times Publication Highlights CPA Leadership on Corporate Political Spending
• Founder’s Column: In New Political Environment, High Index Score, Model Code Are Boon to Companies
• Proxy Season Update: 35 CPA Political Disclosure Resolutions Filed or Committed to Be Filed So Far
• Citizens United Has a Vision of Disclosure That’s Still Unfulfilled
• CPA Analysis of Institutional Investor 2024 Proxy Season Voting on Political Disclosure Resolutions
• CPA Speaks to Leading Global Investor Group
• CPA Seeks Summer Interns

November 2024

In This Edition

• Founder’s Column: U.S. ‘Seismic Shift’ Makes CPA More Needed Than Ever
• New CPA Interactive Database Spotlights Under-the-Radar Company Political Spending
• Media Draws on Corporate Underwriters for Coverage of Company Political Spending
• CPA in the News
• Harvard Law School Blog Features 2024 CPA-Zicklin Index
• Another Example of CPA’s Reach

September/October 2024

In This Edition

• CPA’s 2024 CPA-Zicklin Index Finds Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability Remains Resilient, Widens
• Founder’s Column: Showing the Way for Companies to Change Their Political Spending Behavior and Follow Their Values
• Harvard Law School Blog Carries Post on CPA’s ‘Where the Rubber Hits the Road’ Report
• Columbia Law School’s Blue Sky Blog Highlights Mason-Dixon Survey
• CPA’s Impact Highlighted at ICCR Meeting
• CPA, Erb Institute Collaborate on Program on Managing the Risks Companies Face from Political Spending
• CPA In the News

July/August 2024

In This Edition

• Bloomberg Spotlights Major CPA Initiatives
• Founder’s Column: An Election is Transformed. How Will Companies Respond?
• CPA to Participate in Erb Institute Mini-Workshop on Managing Political Spending Risk in the 2024 US Election
• NYS Comptroller Continues to Provide Strong Leadership for Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability
• CPA in the Christian Science Monitor
• Political Spending Lawsuits Update
• Corporate Retaliation Tracker: More Activity in Florida
• Behind the Scenes at CPA: Interns Help Make a Difference
• Meet the Interns Working on the 2024 CPA-Zicklin Index

June 2024

In This Edition

• Founder’s Column: Mainstream Media Needs to Cover How FEC Has Opened Door Wide to Corporate Dark Money Gush
• 2024 Proxy Season Update
• ICCR Reaffirms Support for CPA-Zicklin Model Code
• Corporate Money in Politics Briefs
• FirstEnergy Update
• CPA’s LinkedIn Page Hits 500 Followers

May 2024

In This Edition

• Public Companies, Trade Associations Dominant Donors to Leading AG Association: New CPA Report Highlights Spending Impact, Risk to Companies
• A Corporate Insider on the Model Code: Invaluable Tool, Essential for Risk Management
• Wall Street Journal Turns to CPA for Context on How Corporate America Handling 2024 Election
• Harvard Law Blog Features CPA’s Corporate Political Spending Primer
• Proxy Season Update
• The Fulcrum Draws on CPA for Series on Corporate Political Spending
• CPA Announces Update of TrackYourCompany

April 2024

In This Edition

• Conference Board Shout-Out for CPA-Zicklin Model Code
• Founder’s Column: A Call for the Media to Fulfill Its Responsibility: State Level Corporate Political Spending, and it Impact, Warrant Broader Coverage
• CPA Releases New Primer on Corporate Political Spending for Incoming Directors
• CPA Active in NYC Bar/ABA Program on Corporate Political Spending, Erb Institute Session on Corporate Political Responsibility
• FirstEnergy Update
• TrackYourCompany.org 2022 Data Update Imminent
• 2024 Proxy Season Update
• Meet CPA’s 2024 Spring Interns

March 2024

In This Edition

• Audit Finds Wide Company Adherence to Political Spending Disclosure
• Good News: Companies Take Political Disclosure Commitment Seriously
• Reaching Key Decision-Makers
• CPA’s Cautin to Companies on Contributing to Election Deniers
• CPA in the News
• CPA’s Impact Featured at ICCR Spring Meeting
• 2024 CPA-Zicklin Index Preparations Underway
• Inside CPA: High Interest in Internship Program
• Proxy Season Update
• Utilities in the Spotlight

February 2024

In This Edition

• CPA Research, Analysis Help Frame Agenda Article on Corporate Political Spending
• CPA Issues Guide to the Model Code
• Rolling Stone Highlights CPA’s Corporate Underwriters Report
• It’s Time to Break the Corporate Political Spending Cycle: Guest Column by Dorothy Lund
• CPA Reaches Out to Companies at Home and Abroad
• ICCR Includes CPA in Press Release
• 2024 Proxy Season Update
• Latest on FirstEnergy: Former Executives Are Charged
• Political Spending by Utilities is in the Spotlight in Michigan

January 2024

In This Edition

• Minneapolis Star Tribune Story Quotes CPA on Companies Restarting Support for Election Deniers, Need for New Corporate Approach to Political Spending
• Allison Herren Lee, Former S.E.C. Acting Chair, Joins CPA Board of Directors
• CPA Participates in Wharton ESG Initiative
• Forthcoming Leo Strine Paper Draws on CPA Research
• DiNapoli Remains Leader on Corporate Political Disclosure
• CPA In The News — In Japan
• Political Spending In The News

December 2023

In This Edition

• Founder’s Column: CPA’s 2024 Action Action: Protecting Companies and Democracy
• CPA’s Analysis of Institutional Investor 2023 Proxy Season Voting on Political Disclosure Resolutions
• Leadership Now on The Risk Companies Face
• CPA At 20: Norm Changer
• Sneak Preview: CPA’s Corporate Underwriters and The Democracy Gap
• CPA in the News
• More Charges in First Energy Scandal

November 2023

In This Edition

• NYU stern Roundtable Looks Back, Looks Ahead at CPA’s Impact, Agenda on Its 20th Anniversary
• CPA Featured in Corporate Political Responsibility, New Cambridge University Press Book on Role of Companies in Politics
• GIGN Looks at 2023 CPA-Zicklin Index
• New Index Reaches Broader Audiences
• Founder’s Column: Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program: Another Voice for Thoughtful Corporate Involvement in Political Spending

October 2023

In This Edition

• 2023 CPA-Zicklin: Number of Trendsetters Hits Century Mark
• CPA’s Impact Down Under: Index Shapes ACCR Report on Corporate Spending and Climate Change
• Key Corporate Group Features CPA on the Index
• Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog, The CorporateCounsel.net on CPA’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending
• CPA in the News
• CPA Speaks at ICCR Fall Meeting

September 2023

In This Edition

• CPA Releases Guide to Corporate Political Spending; Requested by Companies to Help Make Political Spending Decisions
• Founder’s Column: An Action-Packed Autumn
• On Threats to Democracy – and Companies
• Dark Money in the News

July-August 2023

In This Edition

• Fortune Op-ed: CPA and Former SEC Commissioner Call on Companies to Report Where Their Political Money Ends Up
• Founder’s Column: Why Does CPA Pay Special Attention to Company Political Spending at the State Level? That’s Where the Action and Risk Are
• CPA’s Impact, Next Action Steps Outlined at Major Meeting
• 2023 Index: Helping Companies to do Their Best
• Meet the Interns Helping to Produce the 2023 CPA-Zicklin Index

June 2023

In This Edition

• In WSJ, CPA Seizes Moment on Householder Sentence
• Founder’s Column: The Model Code Protects Utilities from the Political Spending Crosshairs
• CPA Research Shapes Guardian Story Highlighting Risks of Corporate Political Spending
• Support Holds for Political Disclosure Resolutions in 2023 Proxy Season
• NYS Common Retirement Fund Leads the Way on More Agreements
• A Conservative’s Embrace of the Model Code
• CPA’s TrackYourCompany Database Updated Through 2021

May 2023

In This Edition

• Work Begins on 2023 CPA-Zicklin Index, Second Year of Benchmarking the Russell 1000
• Founder’s Column: Covington & Burling Defends Secret Spending, Business as Usual
• Audit of Company Adherence to Political Spending Disclosure Commitments Finds Broad Compliance
• PayPal, Warner Bros. Discovery Headline 2023 Proxy Season Agreements; First Voters on New CPA Model Code Resolution
• Dark Money in the News
• CPA in the News
• A CPA ‘Thank You’ to Spring Interns

April 2023

In This Edition

• CPA’s Impact Recognized at American Bar Association Meeting on How to Address Pitfalls of Corporate Political Spending
• CPA Pens Post on Due Diligence and Corporate Political Spending for Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Forum
• Proxy Season Wrap-Up
• Founder’s Column: Ohio Scandal’s Warning to Companies: Contributing Dark Money, Failure to Conduct Due Diligence is Ticking Time Bomb
• CPA Research Cited, Quoted in Guardian Coverage of Wisconsin Supreme Court Election
• Erb Principles Featured in Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog
• A PR Leader with Broader Concerns about Corporations, Political Spending and Democracy — A Remembrance

March 2023

In This Edition

• CPA in Wall Street Journal, Crain’s Cleveland Business on Householder Guilty Verdict, Lesson for Companies
• Model Code Proposal Advances as SEC Rejects 3 Company Challenges
• Erb Principles Released, CPA-Zicklin Model Code First Action Item
• Founder’s Column: Companies Face Heightened Risks from ’24 “Dark Money” Groups, Model Code Provides Protection
• CPA Expands Corporate Political Accountability Explainers with New Release on 527 Committees
• Reaching Wider Audiences

February 2023

In This Edition

• Fortune Features Op-Ed on Model Code Co-Authored by Retired Corporate Executive and CPA
• Ground Breaking Guardian Story Draws on CPA Research to Expose Conflicted Company Political Spending & Black History Month
• New Conference Board Report Continues Focus on Company Political Spending Challenges
• Founder’s Column: A Statehouse is ‘Sold’ — and the Wider Cost

January 2023

In This Edition

• Wide Media Coverage of CPA’s Model Code and Model Code Resolution
• Founder’s Column: Make “G” An Integral Part of ESG
• CPA In the News
• Dark Money, Washington Post quotes CPA
• CPA On the Road

December 2022

In This Edition

• What To Expect in 2023: COMPANIES IN THE CROSSHAIRS
• “Model Code” Resolution Opens New Chapter in CPA Shareholder Engagement Effort
• CPA’s Analysis of Institutional Investor 2022 Proxy Season Voting on Political Disclosure Resolutions
• CPA Joins ESG Initiative Event at Wharton
• Founder’s Column: Why CPA Focuses on 527s and State-Level Spending: That’s Where the Action and Risk Are
• CPA in the News and Online
• The Corporate Political Spending ‘Iceberg’

November 2022

In This Edition

• Founder’s Column: Model Code Gives Companies Crucial Protection in Framework Handling Political Spending in Today’s High-Risk Environment
• Spending in Today’s High-Risk Environment
• Expanded 2022 CPA-Zicklin Index Reaches Wide Audience
• CPA Speaks
• CPA in the News
• Big Disclosure News from Arizona

October 2022

In This Edition

• CPA-NYU-Wharton Zicklin Roundtable Focuses on Next Steps for Company Handling of Political Spending Amidst Growing Threats
• Expanded 2022 CPA-Zicklin Index Receives Broad Media Coverage
• Founder’s Column: Companies Should Be Well Advised to Follow Leading Law Firms’ Advice on CPA-Zicklin Index – and Go Further
• CPA in the News
• CPA Seeks Winter/Spring Interns

September 2022

In This Edition

• CPA’s Expanding Impact – Research & Analysis Widely Cited Across Array of Issues
• Founder’s Column: Tracing the Money Trail: Board Due Diligence of Company Political Spending More Important Than Ever
• Insightia on CPA’s New Focus on Third-Party Disclosure
• Looking Ahead, 2022 CPA-Zicklin Index Out in October & Expected to Break New Ground
• Inside CPA: David Pahlic Joins as New Program Associate

July-August 2022

In this edition

• Dobbs, Abortion Rights and Companies: A Wave of Media Coverage
• Founder’s Column: Companies Face Greater Risks from Down Ballot Spending and the Consequences It Associates Them With
• Proxy Season; Cooley Blog Looks Back and Looks Ahead
• UK Coverage of Practical Stake Report
• For CPA, Active Autumn Ahead

June 2022

In this edition

• Roe Reversal: CPA Spotlights Role of Company Political Money, Heightened Risks from Conflicted Spending
• 2022 CPA-Zicklin Index Doubled to Cover Russell 1000, Up from S&P 500
• Wall Street Journal: BlackRock Uses CPA-Zicklin Index Company Scores Along with MSCI ESG Ratings for Proxy Voting Decisions
• Strong 2022 Proxy Season for CPA Resolutions, Surge in Company Agreements
• Influential Blog Invites Post on CPA’s Practical Stake Report
• Guest Column: Saving American Democracy: Focus on the Senate Elections, Corporate Leaders Need to Include Impact on Democracy in Company Political Spending Decisions, By Ira Shapiro

May 2022

In this edition

• CPA Shapes WaPo Coverage on “Moment of Reckoning” for Companies on Political Spending
• Twitter Approves CPA’s Model Disclosure Resolution as Proxy Season Continues
• Founder’s Column: “Business As Usual” for Political Spending No Longer Holds, Companies Need to Address Its Consequences and Heightened Risks
• New Conference Board Report Draws on CPA Work, Cites Model Code
• Election Law Blog Publishes CPA Post on Practical Stake Report
• Inside CPA: Jeanne Hanna Joins as New Research Director
• Dark Money in the News
• SEC Extends Comment Period on Climate Rule

April 2022

In this edition

• CPA Releases Practical Stake, Its Hard Look at Corporations, Political Spending and Democracy
• A Fire Bell in the Night for Companies: Florida’s Retribution Against Disney
• Greenbiz Cites CPA for Its Impact
• 2022 Proxy Season Votes Begin on CPA Resolution
• Corporate Political Disclosure Discussed before Targeted Audiences
• CPA Clarifies Scope of Index, Cautions Against Misuse
• Inside CPA: Carlos Holguin Builds on His CPA Experience
• Cooley Blog Deep Dive on Congressional Corporate Political Disclosure Rider
• FirstEnergy Update

March 2022

In this edition

• Congress Continues Blocking SEC Corporate Political Disclosure Rule
• FT Features CPA in Takeout on Companies Taking a Stand
• Founder’s Column: Disney’s Stumble, and How to Avoid Saying You’re Sorry About Political Spending
• Lee to Depart SEC When Term Ends
• Wide Coverage of Hollow Policies Report

February 2022

In this edition

• New CPA Report Spotlights Conflicted Company Political Spending on Climate Change
• Black History Month Gives CPA New Angle to Hammer Home Political Spending Risk
• Conference Board Podcast Features CPA
• Four More Agreements As 2022 Proxy Season Unfolds
• Founder’s Column: State Races for Election Officials Raise Democracy Issues for CPA
• ‘No Longer Politics as Usual’ for Political Contributions: CPA in Law360
• Marty Tolchin and the Genesis of CPA – A Remembrance

January 2022

In this edition

• Directors & Boards Magazine Advises Directors, C-Suite on Political Spending Risks, Features CPA Model Code Column
• CPA Makes ITs Mark in Jan. 6th, Highlighted in New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times
• Guest Column: How the Model Code of Conduct Applies to Educating Future Business Leaders By Maria Patterson
• Agreements Kick Off 2022 Proxy Season
• CPA-Zicklin Index Receives Wider Attention, Shapes Company Behavior
• Media Spotlight on Large Investor Support for CPA Disclosure Resolutions
• CPA Outreach Goes Global
• Disclosure in the News

December 2021

In this edition

• Conference Board Survey Affirms CPA’s Political Disclosure Effort
• Record Institutional Investor Support for Corporate Political Disclosure as BlackRock, Vanguard Cast First Votes for CPA Resolution
• Recapping 2021:  Highlights of Major Gains for CPA
• CPA cited in SEC Commissioner Speech, HBR article, Leading Law Firm Blog
• Conference Board Holds Corporate Political Activity Roundtable
• 2021 CPA-Zicklin Index Keeps Getting Coverage, Recognition
• Guest column: Corporate America Must Stand Up for Democracy by Michael Cornfield

November 2021

In this edition

• 2021 CPA-Zicklin Index Released to Strong Coverage in New York Times, Other Media Outlets
• CPA to Participate in Conference Board Roundtables
• Founder’s Column: Companies, Political Spending and Democracy: The Stakes and Threats Couldn’t be Higher Today By Bruce Freed
• Leadership Now Project Members Briefed on CPA Activities, Index
• CPA Personnel Changes
• SEC Actions Impacting Corporate Political spending
• CPA in the News

October 2021

In this edition

• National Law Publication Profiles CPA and Its Impact
• Rolling Stone Highlights CPA’s Continued Wide Coverage
• Founder’s Column: Seizing the Moment By Bruce Freed
• Gensler Comments on SEC Political Disclosure Rule
• Abortion Ban Sparks Scrutiny for Companies That Backed Sponsors
• Dominion: When Political Giving Goes off the Track
• CPA on the Road, Virtually
• Our Annual Index Coming in November

September 2021

In this edition

• A Green Light from Gensler for Long-Awaited SEC Political Disclosure Rule?
• Founder’s Column: CPA-Zicklin Index Reflects a Decade of Progress By Bruce Freed
• ‘Moment of Truth’ for Companies Spending on Politics
• For Corporate Leaders: A Must Listen Podcast about Political Spending, Today’s Heightened Risks and How to Manage Them

August 2021

In this edition

• Model Code Talks Are Under Way Behind the Scenes
• Reminder: Check Out CPA Report Detailing Corporate Political Money Enabling Texas House Passage of Attack on Voting Rights
• Will U.S. Senators Lift Prohibition on a Political Disclosure Rule?
• CPA in the News
• Inside CPA
• CPA Thanks Summer Interns for their Research on the 2021 CPA-Zicklin Index, Corporate Political Spending

June 2021

In this edition

• CPA’s Banner Proxy Season: Record Votes Accelerate Momentum for Disclosure
• New York Times Highlights CPA’s Impact, Research
• Michigan News Site Digs into Role of Corporate Political Spending in Boosting Voting Rights Attack
• Guest Column: CPA’s Essential Role in the Current Wave of ESG Investing and Company Risk Management
• ICCR Lawsuit over SEC Proxy Rules
• CPA Hits the Road, Virtually
• CPA in the News
• Bill Would Not Bar SEC Disclosure Rule
• Some Dark Money Groups Going, Going, Gone?

May 2021

In this edition

• CPA Continues Strong Proxy Season Opening with 80% Vote at Chemed
• Leading Proxy Advisor Uses CPA-Zicklin Index in Making Vote Recommendations
• Commissioner Allison Herren Lee Speaks Out on “Materiality,”  ESG Matters, Political Spending and Disclosure, Need for SEC Action
• MarketWatch: Political Disclosure Debate at ‘Boiling Point’
• Guest Column: Companies Need to Act to Avoid Being Trapped in Political Spending Vise
• CPA Speaks
• CPA in the News

April 2021

In this edition

• New York Times Takes Notice — Highlights CPA’s, Partners’ Role in Boosting Push for Corporate Political Disclosure
• NVIDIA: CPA Partner Reaches Ninth Agreement
• Voting Rights Attack Heightens Scrutiny of Corporate Political Spending
• Proxy Season Indicator? Strong Vote on Pfizer Alignment Resolution
• New Era at SEC as Gary Gensler Confirmed as Chair
• CPA Reaches Corporate, Wider Audiences

March 2021

In this edition

• Conference Board Echoes CPA’s Work in New Report Advising Companies on Managing Political Spending
• CPA Continues to be Go-To Source for Media on Corporate Political Money
• OpenInvest Uses CPA-Zicklin Index to Challenge “Dark Money”
• Eight Company Agreements Reached So Far Matches Number Reached by CPA and Its Partners Last Year
• At SEC, Serious Attention to ESG and Political Disclosure
• Founder’s Column: Resisting the Norm: The Wall Street Journal’s Obstinate Opposition to Corporate Political Disclosure
• Proxy Preview 2021 Highlights Corporate Political Disclosure Push
• CPA Reaches Out to Wide Audiences

February 2021

In this edition

• CPA Continues to Drive Media Coverage of Companies’ Political Spending Response to Capitol Assault, Heightened Risks
• NEW DEAL: FirstEnergy Corp. Agrees to Disclose its Political Spending
• Philanthropies Urged to Support Efforts Addressing Corporate Political Spending
• Stanford Highlights CPA’s Warnings for Companies
• Guest Column: Here’s What Shareholders Need to Know About Corporate Political Spending
• John Coates, Satyam Khanna Take Posts at SEC
• Senators Request Crackdown on ‘Dark Money’ Organizations
• CPA Seeking Candidates for Summer 2021 CPA-Zicklin Index – Corporate Political Spending Research Internship

January 2021

In this edition

1. As Corporations Freeze Donations, CPA Has Breakout Moment
2. CPA Teams with Harvard Business Prof. Michael Porter to Offer Solutions in Crisis
3. Philadelphia Inquirer Spotlights Vanguard, BlackRock as Outliers on Political Disclosure Votes
4. CPA-Wharton Zicklin Model Code Sent to S&P 500
5. Guest Column: This May Be the “Morning in America” Moment for Corporate Political Spending
6. Gary Gensler Brings Tough Regulator Record to SEC
7. Disclosure in the Spotlight

December 2020

In this edition

1. BlackRock, Vanguard Outliers in Opposing CPA Political Disclosure Resolution; Strong Support from Other Leading Institutional Investors, Center Study Finds
2. CPA Speaks at Major Stanford Confab on Corporations and Democracy
3. Founder’s Column: Support for Corporate Political Disclosure Rule Key Test for New SEC Chair
4. BlackRock Gives Rhetorical Support to Political Disclosure in New Investment Stewardship Document
5. TrackYourCompany Database Updated Through 2019; Covers Voluntarily Disclosed Company Trade Association Payments, c4 and 527 Contributions
6. Meet the CPA Interns Who Made TrackYourCompany Database Possible

November 2020

In this edition

1. Post-2020 Election, CPA Hits the Speaking Circuit
2. Founder’s Column: How Companies Can Fend Off the Georgia “Dark Money” Shakedown — And the Accompanying Risks
3. UPDATE on the Burgeoning FirstEnergy “Dark Money” Scandal
4. Harvard Law Blog Features Model Code, CPA-Zicklin Index
5. Patrick Doherty – A Tribute
6. CPA in the News

October 2020

In this edition

1. Just Days Before 2020 Election, CPA Risk Warning to Companies Featured in Key Publications
2. Conflicted Spending on Climate Change Gets Close Scrutiny
3. CPA-Zicklin Index, Updated Model Code of Conduct
4. Guest Column: What Did You Do in the Reckoning, Daddy? Corporate social and political engagement in an era of unrest

July 2020

In this edition

1. CPA’s New Bombshell Report Breaks Through: Conflicted Consequences Spotlighted by New York Times, Financial Times, Others
2. Founder’s Column: Why CPA Matters: Two Scholars Reflect
3. Freed Speaks to Key Group of Global Institutional Investors
4. Ohio Dark-Money Corruption Case Ensnares Leading Ohio Utility, Highlights Need for Disclosure Law
5. CPA in the News
6. Senate Banking Committee Member Challenges SEC Chair’s Use of “Fraudulent Letters” to Justify Rule Change
7. Meet CPA’s Summer Interns

June 2020

In this edition

1. CPA’s Banner Proxy Season Sends Strong Message to Companies
2. In Barron’s Op-Ed, CPA Calls Out Big 3 Investors for Enabling Racial Injustice, Urges Them to Align Proxies and Rhetoric
3. Founder’s Column: Time’s Up for Companies to Heed Shareholders’ Votes, Adopt Disclosure and Accountability
4. CPA Research Underpins Guardian Article on 2010, 2020 Elections and Gerrymandering
5. Freed Speaks to GWU School of Political Management Class
6. CPA on CUNY TV
7. In Memoriam

May 2020

In this edition

1. Interim Report: Vote Surge for CPA Resolution, More Agreements
2. CPA Opinion Pieces in NY Daily News & Harvard Law School Blog Highlight Urgency of Corporate Political Disclosure as Part of Covid-19 Aid
3. Guest Column: Time for Directors to Perform Their Responsibilities Seriously and Diligently
4. Corporate Counsel: Overlapping Directorships Don’t Necessarily Improve Corporate Political Disclosure
5. CPA Names Ben Becker as First Werner Brandt Research Fellow
6. CII Warns Proposed SEC Rules Change Threatens Shareholder Rights
7. New IRS Rule Makes “Dark Money” Darker

April 2020

In this edition

1. Big Mo: Majority Vote for CPA Resolution at J.B. Hunt; More Political Disclosure Agreements, Company Outreach
2. Founder’s Column: Full Political Disclosure Protects Companies, the COVID-19 Rescue and Our Democracy
3. New CPA Director Named
4. Roll Call Highlights CPA Leadership in Fighting SEC-Big Business Association Attack on Shareholder Engagement
5. Corporate Counsel Highlights New Agreements, CPA Corruption Warning

March 2020

In this edition

1. NOTE TO READERS: How CPA is Handling the Coronavirus Pandemic
2. CPA Opens the 2020 Proxy Season Strong
3. CPA Announces Collaboration with Leadership Now Project; Expands Reach, Impact
4. Founder’s Column: One Nation Under Shakedown?
5. Getting CPA’s Message Out
6. CPA’s Leadership, Impact Highlighted at CII Conference
7. SEC Reject’s NextEra Challenge to Newground/CPA Resolution
8. Companies Recognize Misalignment with Trade Associations as a Risk
9. ESG Shaping Investor Demands, Decisions
10. CPA Names Research Associate

February 2020

In this edition

1. Behind the Chamber’s Attack on the Proxy Process, Fear of Disclosure – and CPA
2. CPA Filing 2020 Resolutions at Fast Pace
3. Big 3 Silent on CPA’s offer
4. More Than 14,000 Have Responded to SEC Proposed Rules Change
5. CPA in the News
6. ICCR Proxy Season Preview
7. Report Examines Role of Proxy Advisors

January 2020

In this edition

1. CPA to SEC: Don’t Undermine Corporate Democracy and Investor First Amendment Rights
2. Inquirer Tracks Vanguard with a Hand from CPA
3. ‘Open Secrets’ Spotlights CPA Data
4. CPA Offers Help to the Big 3
5. SEC Commissioner Jackson To Step Down in Mid-February, Leaves Legacy of Dissenter, Shaper
6. CPA in the News
7. Disney Cites Index Trendsetter Status

December 2019

In this edition

1. Founders Column: The Year Ahead for CPA
2. Mutual Fund Support Grows for CPA Resolution Despite Continued Opposition by BlackRock, Vanguard and Fidelity
3. Conference Board: ‘Tipping Point’ on Disclosure?
4. Harvard Business School Report Uses CPA Data
5. Broad Coverage of SEC Commissioner Jackson’s Letter on Corporate Political Disclosure
6. Jackson’s Likely Successor on SEC
7. TrackYourCompany.org Fully Updated
8. Thank You to CPA’s Fall 2019 Interns

November 2019

In this edition

1. CPA’s Financial Times Op-ed Takes Lead in Calling Out SEC Attack on Corporate Democracy
2. Newark Star-Ledger Editorial, Numerous Companies Cite Index as Wide Coverage Continues
3. Leading Business Group Hails CPA-Zicklin Index as Good Governance Measure
4. SEC Commissioner Rob Jackson Castigates BlackRock, Vanguard, Fidelity for Opposing Corporate Political Disclosure
5. Call for Action: Tell the SEC to Stop Its Assault on Shareholder Engagement
6. CPA in the News
7. Freed Meets Business Leaders
8. TrackYourCompany.org Data Update Imminent

October 2019

In this edition

1. ALERT: SEC Proxy Rules Changes Threaten Shareholder Engagement
2. 2019 CPA-Zicklin Index in Brief
3. Strong Coverage Greets 2019 CPA-Zicklin Index
4. Wharton-CPA Conference Brings Together Broad Group to Update Company Conduct Code for Political Spending
5. Delaware Chief Justice Leo Strine: Strong Voice for Corporate Political Disclosure and Institutional Investor Accountability
6. Political Spending Code of Conduct Essential for Protecting Companies in Today’s High Risk Environment
7. GW Poll Shows Deep Public Concern about Corporate Political Spending and Influence

August/September 2019

In this edition

1. Breaching Congress-Imposed Gag Rule, SEC Commissioner Jackson Urges Adoption of Corporate Political Disclosure Mandate
2. CPA Urges BRT to Include Political Transparency in New Statement on Corporate Purpose
3. Wharton-CPA to Hold Conference on Updated Model Code of Conduct
4. CPA Warns Public Funds Trustees of Heightened Risks to Companies from Political Spending
5. CPA in the News

July 2019

In this edition

1. CPA Data Ties Public Companies’ Trade Association & 527 Committee Contributions to Controversial Anti-Abortion Legislation
2. New Info-Graphics Highlight CPA’s Banner Proxy Season
3. Harvard Law School Blog Carries CPA Proxy Season Recap
4. Guest Column: America’s Corporate Political Spending Challenge: An Historical Perspective
5. Meet CPA’s Summer Interns
6. Wanted: Fall Interns
7. News Notes: House Financial Services Panel Debates ESG Disclosure
8. News Notes: Surge in Money to ESG Funds
9. Breaking News: Responsible Investor Digs into Difference between Lobbying and Election spending

June 2019

In this edition

1. Banner Proxy Season for Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability with Strong Shareholder, Company Support
2. Leading Money Manager Features CPA-Zicklin Index to Investment, Business Community
3. Founder’s Column: Year After ‘Collision Course’ Report, Pile-Ups Abound
4. Inside CPA
5. CPA in the News
6. Dark Money Disclosure

May 2019

In this edition

1. Shareholder Season Update: CPA Resolution Support Surge Sends Strong Message to Companies
2. WSJ Spotlights CPA’s Decisive Impact
3. Guest Column: It Could Happen To You
4. Corporate Counsel on CPA-Zicklin Index Shaping Company Policies
5. CPA in the News
6. Agenda Webcast: CPA Featured with Altria Assistant General Counsel
7. U.S. Chamber Encounters Rough Waters, WSJ Reports
8. 2019 CPA-Zicklin Index Data Collection to Commence Next Week

April 2019

In this edition

1. News Outlets Rely Heavily on CPA’s TrackYourCompany Data
2. Strong Votes for Political Disclosure, More Agreements As 2019 AGM Season Opens
3. Infographic Highlights Corporate Political Spending’s Prominence as ESG Issue
4. FairPlanet: CPA on Why Corporate Political Spending Needs to be Addressed
5. CPA Featured in S&P Global Webcast
6. SEC Greenlights CPA Model Resolution at Exxon
7. Growing Signs of Changing Company Attitudes
8. In a First, CPA Interns Map Money to, and Spending by, Six Leading 527s

March 2019

In this Edition

1. Surge of Political Disclosure Agreements Opens 2019 Proxy Season
2. Guest Column: Why the CPA-Zicklin Index is useful to investors
3. 4th Corporate Political Accountability Roundtable Highlights Disclosure Acceptance, Index Impact
4. Disclosure Resolution Gains Attention
5. Conference Board-CPA Webcast Reaches Corporate Directors
6. CPA in New York Times, Dallas Morning News
7. Transparency for Private Companies, Too?
8. CPA in the Classroom

February 2019

In this edition

1. Continuing 2019 Momentum, Hilton Agrees to Political Disclosure
2. Highly Anticipated Roundtable Begins Today in NYC
3. Founder’s Column: Working Behind the Scenes
4. CPA In the News
5. Flurry of Disclosure Legislation in Congress

January 2019

In this edition

1. Founder’s Column: BlackRock Has Opened the Door to Progress. But Will it Take the Next Step?
2. GE Agreement to Strengthen Political Disclosure Opens 2019 Proxy Season
3. CPA Adds Two New Board Members
4. TrackYourCompany.org Update
5. Michigan PSC Moves Against Utility Political Spending
6. Harvard Law School Blog Features CPA’s Mutual Fund Study
7. CPA In the News

December 2018

In this edition

1. What We Learned in 2018: Corporate Political Disclosure Solidified, Warning of Heightened Risk Resonates
2. Philadelphia Inquirer Calls Out Big 3 Institutional Investors’ Records on Corporate Political Disclosure
3. Corporate Political Disclosure Addressed at Responsible Investor Conference
4. CPA In the News
5. TrackYourCompany.org Update Imminent

November 2018

In this edition

1. Election Fallout Gets CPA’s ‘Collision Course’ Report National Attention
2. Mutual Fund Support Spikes for Corporate Political Disclosure
3. Del. Chief Justice Strine Calls Out Big 4 Institutional Investors on Corporate Political Disclosure Proxy Votes
4. CPA In the News
5. Index Makes Inroads
6. Fourth Corporate Political Accountability Roundtable: Feb. 28-Mar. 1

October 2018

In this edition

1. 2018 CPA-Zicklin Index: Corporate Political Disclosure, Accountability Hold Steady Despite Political Attacks
2. National Media, Led by Wall Street Journal, Interpret and Spotlight 2018 Index
3. From Regional News Media, Individual Companies Get Shout-Outs or Slights
4. Blogs and Trade Publications Deliver Index Ratings to Key Professional and Academic Audiences
5. In A First, CPA-Zicklin Index Used to Create New Investment Vehicle
6. Business’ Role in Mid-Term Elections Examined at Baruch College Program
7. Study: Political Disclosure Influences Investment Decisions

September 2018

In this edition

1. MARK YOUR CALENDAR: 2018 CPA-Zicklin Index To Be Released October 2
2. CPA on CNBC: Corporate Political Contributions can be ‘Ticking Time Bombs’
3. AGs and ACA Challenge: Companies Beware When Political Spending Conflicts with Core Values, Positions
4. Buying Justice? State Farm Settlement Highlights Issue
5. Dark Money Court Ruling: Symbolic Victory for Transparency, Practical Impact Murky
6. Wall Street Journal Covers CPA Resolution at Nike
7. Academic Study Uses CPA -Zicklin Index, Finds Positive Impact of Corporate Political Disclosure
8. New Dark Money Report Draws on CPA Database

July/August 2018

In this edition

1. Collision Course Report Reaches Key Audiences, Featured in Major Paper Op-Ed, Influential Blogs
2. New York Times Article Quotes CPA, Uses Its Database
3. Guest Column: Why I’m Committed to Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability
4. Dan Carroll Joins CPA as Director of Programs
5. CPA’s Hard-Working Interns
6. Dark Money Surges in Supreme Court Nomination Battle
7. Dark Money Just Got Darker, Thanks to New IRS Rule
8. Dentons: For Transparency Before It Advises for Secrecy
9. New York Times DealBook: Faux ‘Main Street Investors Coalition’ Exposed

June 2018

In this edition

1. CPA’s Collision Course Report Unveiled to Key Corporate Group
2. Pension and Investment Headline Says It All: “Corporate political disclosure moves firmly into mainstream”
3. 2018 Shareholder Season Results: Surge in Support for CPA Model Resolution
4. Montana Governor Issues Corporate Political Spending Transparency Order
5. Newspaper Uses AT&T Scandal to Highlight Shareholder Demands for Political Transparency and Accountability

May 2018

In this edition

1. New Environment Requires Companies Follow New Rules for Political Spending
2. CPA Lays Out In The Hill How Robust Political Transparency and Accountability Can Protect Companies from AT&T-Novartis-Michael Cohen Type Scandal
3. Wall Street Journal Quotes CPA’s Karl Sandstrom on AT&T’s Michael Cohen Payments
4. Shareholder Season Update
5. Companies Using CPA-Zicklin Index to Defend Their Reputations
6. 2018 CPA-Zicklin Index
7. CPA in the News

April 2018

In this edition

1. CPA Lays Out Impact of Private Ordering at First Meeting of The Conference Board’s Corporate Political Spending Committee
2. Mulvaney’s Bluntness Makes Corporate Caution Even More Critical
3. CPA Warns Companies to Protect Themselves from Impending Political Money Grabs
4. Congressional Obstruction of Political Spending Disclosure Rule Won’t Delay the Inevitable, Says CPA’s Freed
5. BSR: Risks of Misalignment between Corporate Messaging and Political Activity Are Gaining Attention
6. Shareholder Season 2018: An Update
7. CPA Welcomes Two New Board Members
8. Arizona Becomes First State to Override Voter Demands for Dark Money Disclosure
9. Texas Companies Facing Major Pressure to Adopt Transparency and Accountability

March 2018

In this edition

1. Acting Now Can Protect Companies from Political Money Grab
2. CPA Featured on Investor Relations’ Ticker Podcast
3. 2018 Proxy Preview Highlights Political Disclosure Initiatives
4. Wall Street Journal Highlights CPA in SEC Rider Coverage
5. CPA Engages with Socially Responsible Investors

 

February 2018 Newsletter

In this edition

1. Loud Voice from CPA in NY Times, Guardian & Harvard Law School Blog: BlackRock Must Support Political Disclosure
2. Founder’s Column: In Today’s Climate, Companies Need to Ensure Their Political Spending and Values Align
3. Strong Opening to 2018 Shareholder Season
4. ‘Unrig the System’ Summit Features CPA’s Impact
5. TrackYourCompany Data Used to Expose Pharma Influence on State Lawmakers
6. In the News
7. Dark Money Update

January 2018 Newsletter

In this edition

1. To BlackRock: Political Disclosure Belongs in Message to Companies
2. CPA Helps Shape Money in Politics Coverage
3. Robert Jackson Joins SEC
4. CPA Weighs in on Company Opposition to Lobbying Disclosure Proposals
5. CPA Joins Conference Board Panel
6. New Ernst & Young Report Examines Risks Posed to Companies by Third Parties
7. Wall Street Journal Spotlights Loophole in Campaign Money Restrictions

December 2017 Newsletter

In this edition

1. CPA Makes the Case for the SEC Political Disclosure Rule in Compliance Week
2. Knowledge@Wharton Cites CPA-Zicklin Index as Critical Aid for Shareholders
3. Secret Money Flows into Judicial Elections
4. Guest Column: The Culture of Transparency at Noble Energy By Ben Dillon, Vice President of Global Communications and Government Relations, Noble Energy
5. CPA Offers Guidance for Companies on Transparency and Accountability

November 2017 Newsletter

In this edition

1. BREAKING NEWS — TrackYourCompany.org Just Live With 2016 Spending Data
2. ‘Thank Goodness’ for CPA-Zicklin Index: High Praise in New Jersey Editorial
3. Founder’s Column by Bruce Freed, Company Alert: Your Political Spending May Provoke Adverse Consumer Reaction
4. 2017 Mutual Fund Analysis Finds Boost in Support for CPA Model Resolution
5. CPA Showcased in Washington
6. Disclosure in the News: A Push for Sunlight in Ohio
7. News Briefs

October 2017 Newsletter

In this edition

1. Guest Column: Those Concerned About Money in Politics Should Look Beyond the Law
2. CPA Lays Groundwork for 2018 Proxy Season
3. 2017 CPA-Zicklin Index Covered From Coast to Coast
4. National Law Firm Addresses Corporate Political Spending And Board Members’ Role
5. CPA In The News
6. Hearing on SEC Nominees
7. Political Disclosure In The News

September 2017 Newsletter

In this edition

1. 2017 CPA-Zicklin Index Shows Sustained Company Embrace of Political Disclosure and Accountability
2. Wharton Roundtable: Broad Company Acceptance of Index
3. Political Spending’s ‘Unintended Consequences’ Examined
4. Prof. Robert Jackson, Leading Advocate for Corporate Political Disclosure, Nominated to SEC
5. New Book Gives Big Shout-Out To CPA
6. CPA in Other News
7. Disclosure in the News

July/August 2017 Newsletter

In this edition

1. Founder’s Column: An Academic Shout-Out for CPA and ‘Private Ordering’
2. CPA Responds to Manhattan Institute Attack in Wall Street Journal
3. September Roundtable: Taking Stock of the CPA-Zicklin Index
4. Washington Post: U.S. Chamber ‘Losing its Grip’?
5. Gains in Voluntary Corporate Political Disclosure Highlighted in International Business Times

June 2017 Newsletter

In this edition

1. High Traffic to New CPA Database
2. House Passes Legislation To Curb Shareholder Rights
3. Guest Column: The Latest – But Not Only – Threat to Investors’ Rights
4. Georgia, Virginia Races Push Political Spending into Stratosphere
5. CPA in the News
6. CPA on the Road at Neuberger Berman
7. 2017 Proxy Season Update

May 2017 Newsletter

In this edition

1. Wall Street Journal Blog Features CPA’s TrackYourMoney Database
2. CPA Op-Ed Introduces New Database to Washington ‘Insider’ Audience
3. Founder’s Column: More Reasons for Political Disclosure? Just Think About the Latest News
4. American Prospect Joins Media Spotlighting CPA’s Positive Impact
5. Bross, Formerly of Microsoft, Joins CPA Board of Directors
6. Australian Group Shines Light on Corporate Political Spending
7. 2017 Proxy Season Update

April 2017 Newsletter

In this edition

1. Proxy Season Heats Up: Disclosure Agreements Reached, Vanguard Open to Voting for Political Disclosure Resolutions
2. CPA Launches TrackYourCompany.org. Check It Out Today!
3. Energy Company Video Features Index Rating, CPA
4. A Key to Company Success in the CPA-Zicklin Index? Contacting Us.
5. CPA Returns to The Conference Board
6. Money in Politics News
7. CPA Promotes Two

March 2017 Newsletter

In this edition

1. MarketWatch Suggests Correlation between High Company CPA-Zicklin Index Score & Strong Market Performance
2. Founder’s Column: Debate in States Underscores Need for Universal, Uniform Disclosure
3. Huff Post Highlights Conflicts in Company Political Spending Affecting Planned Parenthood Debate
4. Disclosure Briefs
5. Trump Watch 2017
6. Inside CPA

February 2017 Newsletter

In this edition

1. Founder’s Column: Needed for Companies: Stabilizers That Can Help in Rough Seas Ahead
2. Third Corporate Political Accountability Roundtable Breaks New Ground
3. New Video Tells CPA’s Story
4. 2017 Proxy Season Update: Big Jump in Emerson Electric Vote
5. CPA Op-Ed in The Hill on Political Transparency and Crony Capitalism
6. Center for Public Integrity on Business Roundtable Shift
7. Susan Liss Joins CPA Board
8. Corporate Political Spending News
9. CPA In the News

January 2017 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. Founder’s Column: Political Transparency, Accountability Help Protect Companies from Trump Tweets, Pressure
2. Reuters Features CPA Commentary on Crony Capitalism and How Political Transparency Can Protect Companies
3. New Political Disclosure Agreement: Pinnacle West
4. Breaking News
5. CPA in the News

December 2016 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. 2016: A Year of CPA Accomplishments
2. 2017 Proxy Season Off To Strong Start for CPA — Political Disclosure Agreements with NiSource, AIG
3. Third Corporate Political Accountability Roundtable to be Held in Early February at NYU’s Stern School
4. Newark Star-Ledger: When Political Spending Doesn’t Always Align with Company Values
5. Kellogg, Pepsi, Macy’s Travails: Warning Signs for Companies of Risks Political Spending Could Pose
6. CPA in the News

November 2016 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. Election Upheaval Closes Some Reform Doors, Yet One Remains Open
2. Record $18 Million Penalty in Concealed-Donors Case, Other “Dark Money” Problems
3. New Milestone in Mutual Fund Support for CPA Model Resolution
4. Corporate Political Spending on Conference Board Governance Center Agenda
5. CPA in the News

October 2016 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. CPA Sits Down with Huffington Post for Wide-Ranging Interview
2. Inaugural Guest Column: Disclosures Essential to Addressing the Problems of Corporate Political Spending
3. Transparency Advocate Robert Jackson Profiled in Moyers & Co. Article
4. 2016 CPA-Zicklin Index Continues To Make News
5. News Briefs
6. CPA Speaks at Conference Board Event

September 2016 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. 2016 CPA-ZICKLIN INDEX RELEASED
2. CPA Featured in The Hill and Harvard Law Blog on Due Diligence and Company Political Spending
3. “Dark Money” in the News
4. Founder’s Column by Bruce Freed Taking Stock: Real Progress in Achieving Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability

July/August 2016 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. At Close of Proxy Season Wall Street Journal Trumpets CPA’s Success
2. Founder’s Column: Welcome Guidance for Companies in Navigating Political Spending Risks
3. Lindblom and Pearl Join CPA Board of Directors
4. ‘Dark Money’ Soars; FEC Chair Ravel Cites Disclosure Models

June 2016 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. Founder’s Column: CPA Receives Big Backhanded Compliment in New Book
2. RAND Center Publishes Report on CPA Co-Sponsored Compliance Roundtable
3. Philly Inquirer Spotlights CPA-Zicklin Index, Wharton Collaboration
4. 2016 Proxy Season Results Coming Next Month
5. Dark Money and Disclosure in the News
6. CPA Briefs
7. Corporate Political Spending News

May 2016 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. CPA Resolution Gets Majority Votes at 2 Companies, Underscores Strong Support for Transparency
2. Washington Post Editorial, CQ Researcher Feature CPA Successes
3. Corporate Political Spending in Judicial Races Presents Serious Challenges
4. Inside CPA
5. Campaign Finance Briefs
6. Disclosure in the News

April 2016 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. Founder’s Column: When Corporate Political Cash Reaps Unintended Consequences
2. US News Op-ed: Corporations Are Biggest Source of Political Money
3. Center Begins Work on 2016 CPA-Zicklin Index, Writes to S&P 500 Companies
4. CPA in the News: Wall Street Journal Highlights Proxy Season Push for Disclosure; Australian Version of Index
5. Conference Board Spotlights Director Oversight Article

March 2016 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. 2016 Proxy Season: Another Strong Start for CPA Effort
2. Founder’s Column: With Spending Turning to Congressional Races, Disclosure of Trade Association and c4 Donors Even More Important
3. CPA in the News: Wall Street Journal Features CPA Compliance Initiative
4. News About the CPA-Zicklin Index Going Global; ‘Dark Money’
5. CPA Outreach: Return Engagement at Stern School; Media Call with Watchdog Groups

February 2016 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. CPA Opens Groundbreaking New Front on Political Disclosure Compliance
2. Founder’s Column: It’s time for Companies to “Walk the Walk”
3. Big Law Firms Rely on CPA-Zicklin Index
4. Campaign Finance, Corporate Money: A Heated Election Season Issue
5. Disclosure (or, NonDisclosure) in the News

January 2016 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. U.S. Chamber’s Opposition to Disclosure and Attacks on CPA Exposed
2. CPA Participates in Brookings Campaign Finance Summit
3. USA Today, Albany Law Journal Highlight CPA Success at Advocacy, Innovative Leadership
4. Key Local Papers Using CPA-Zicklin Index to Cover Corporate Money in Politics
5. News Briefs: USA Today Editorial; WI Dark Money; Petitions to Vanguard, New York Times Analysis

December 2015 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. Founder’s Column: CPA Disclosure Effort Even More Important with Hill Rider
2. Conference Board Report Strongly Endorses Disclosure and Accountability
3. CPA Director Oversight Article Gets Wide Attention
4. More Law Firms Tout Corporate Political Disclosure
5. Report: Mutual Fund Support Steady for CPA Resolution
6. Disclosure in the News: Surveys Show Public Favoring Political Spending Sunlight

November 2015 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. CPA Featured in Harvard Business Review
2. Huff Post Carries CPA Director Kolb’s Op-Ed
3. Founders Column: We Couldn’t Say it Better: ‘Let the Sun Shine, Conservatives’
4. Disclosure in the News
5. News Briefs

October 2015 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. Founder’s Column: Using Index Scores for Window Dressing: It’s a Cynical and Harmful Approach
2. On Eve of Election Year, 2015 CPA-Zicklin Index Captures Media Attention
3. US Chamber, BRT, NAM Again Blast CPA and Index
4. BREAKING NEWS: NY State Comptroller Sues Oracle to Force Political Disclosure
5. Disclosure In the News, and Online
6. Kolb Assumes Treasurer Role

September 2015 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. Founder’s Column: Experts Give Votes of Confidence For Corporate Political Disclosure Effort
2. SEC Rulemaking Petition Now Part of 2016 Campaign
3. New CPA Website, One-Stop Database Launched; Largest-Ever CPA-Zicklin Index Coming Soon
4. Huge Majority Wants Citizens United Overturned

July 2015 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. Record Support in 2015 Proxy Season for CPA Political Disclosure Resolution
2. Dark Money Nonprofit Groups Loom Larger in 2016 Election
3. Founder’s Column: Risks, Good Governance Require Companies to Know What Their Trade Associations are Doing
4. Dark Money and Disclosure News

June 2015 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. New York Times Spotlights CPA Success in Advancing Corporate Political Disclosure
2. Political Disclosure Protects Companies from Growing Pressure
3. SF Chronicle: Tech Companies Get Coverage Over Lack of Political Transparency
4. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Column: ‘Slow-Motion Shareholder Revolt’ Will Bring Spending Out of Shadows
5. News Briefs

May 2015 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. Foundations, Former SEC Chairs Endorse Political Disclosure Rule… NPR Highlights Foundation Laid by CPA
2. CPA Op-Ed in Roll Call: ‘Time to Put the Political Spending Horse Before the Lobbying Cart’
3. Super PAC Proliferation Raises Political Spending Ante, Risks for Companies
4. Corporate Secretary on Directors’ Handling of Reputational Risk
5. Supreme Court Upholds Solicitation Ban for Judicial Candidates

April 2015 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. 2015 CPA-Zicklin Index Expands to Entire S&P 500, Companies Receive Index Timetable
2. Dark Money Flood in State Judicial Races Adds to Company Risks
3. Huff Post Details Chamber Anti- Disclosure Fight, Targeting of CPA 

March 2015 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. U.S. Steel Agreement Highlights Political Disclosure Surge in New Proxy Season
2. CPA, Wharton’s Zicklin Center Unveil First Online Library on Corporate Political Engagement
3. Warning to Companies: Regain Control of Your Political Spending

February 2015 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. 3 Business Leaders Speak About Transparency’s Importance at CPA Co-Sponsored  Roundtable
2. Update: Political Disclosure Nears 140 Companies
3. A Scholar of Money and Politics Is New CPA Associate Director
4. ICYMI: Fiscal Times Invites, Publishes CPA Analysis on Dark Money
5. N.Y. Times Publishes Letter About Transparency By CPA
6. Zephyr Teachout Addresses Corruption in America
7. ‘Executive Statesmanship’ Class Unveiled at NYU’s Stern Business School

January 2015 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. Washington Post Op-Ed: U.S. Companies Shine Sunlight on ‘Dark Money’
2. Second Roundtable Unveils New Business School Course on Corporate Political Engagement
3. Roll Call Highlights CPA Successes
4. As 2015 Proxy Season Opens, Political Disclosure Tops 130 Companies
5. USA Today Column: Attacks Show U.S. Chamber, Allies Losing Secret Political Spending Fights
6. Leading Law Firm Urges Companies to Treat CPA-Zicklin Index Seriously

December 2014 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. Sharp U.S. Chamber of Commerce Attack on CPA, Corporate Political Disclosure Closes out 2014.
2. Proxy Season Update
3. A ‘Major Chilling Effect’ on U.S. Shareholders

November 2014 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. At Least $57 Million in Company Trade Association Payments Disclosed, Companies Adopting C4 Policies
2. On AlJazeera America, Support for Political Disclosure in Tech Industry\
3. Study Finds Mutual Funds’ Support for Corporate Political Disclosure Greater Than Previously Reported.

October 2014 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. CPA Gets Brickbats, Bouquets in Continuing Media, Online Coverage
2. Attacks Underscore Emptiness of Disclosure Opposition
3. Heightened Media Scrutiny of “Dark Money” Surge

September 2014 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters Highlight 2014 Index
2. Will Dark Money Spending Break All Records in 2014?
3. New Financial Analysts’ Survey Strongly Favors Political Disclosure.

July-August 2014 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. Graduate Students Meet with CPA About How its “Outside Strategy” Is Achieving Change
2. Corporations Hold Key to Political Disclosure CPA says in US News Op-Ed
3. Companies Increasingly Find Disclosure “Positive Experience,” Rebuilds Trust
4. In Memoriam: Werner W. Brandt
5. 2014 CPA-Zicklin Index Due out in September

June 2014 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. Wisconsin “Dark Money” Scandal Holds Warnings, Lessons for Companies
2. Further Attacks on CPA
3. Corporate Secretaries Meeting: Political Disclosure is a Front Burner Issue
4. CPA in the Financial Times
5. Proxy Season Update

May 2014 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. Shareholder Support for Political Disclosure Sustained Contrary to View in WSJ Editorial
2. New Republic: Mary Jo White Has Whiffed on Regulating U.S. Corporations
3. Throwing Gasoline on the Fire of Political ‘Dark Money’ Spending
4. Will More Corporate Money Flow into Judicial Races in 2014?
5. CPA Speaks
6. Research for 2014 CPA-Zicklin Index Underway

April 2014 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. Communications Giant Comcast to Disclose Political Spending
2. CPA-Zicklin Index to Expand in 2014
3. Federal Election Commission Profoundly Divided Over Disclosure
4. Why the Critics are Wrong

March 2014 Newsletter

In this edition:

1. Hess, 2 Other Companies Adopt Political Disclosure
2. Thank You Manhattan Institute for Promoting Corporate Political Transparency
3. SEC Commissioner Calls for Restricting Proxy Resolutions
4. CPA Calendar
5. CPA in the News
6. Corporate Political Accountability Course Planned for Spring 2015

1. FOUNDER’S COLUMN: When Corporate Political Cash Reaps Unintended Consequences
2. US News Op-ed: Corporations Are Biggest Source of Political Money
3. Center Begins Work on 2016 CPA-Zicklin Index, Writes to S&P 500 Companies
4. CPA IN THE NEWS: Wall Street Journal Highlights Proxy Season Push for Disclosure; Australian Version of Index

Conference Board Spotlights Director Oversight Article